Office for Kosovo in the Government of Serbia (OGS) reported that the house of pensioners Jordan and Slobodanka Ristic was broken into in Fushë Kosovë, claiming that the perpetrators were Albanians. It was also claimed that the case had an ethnic motive.
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After verifying the facts by hibrid.info, it turns out that this claim does not present any evidence or facts that prove that the perpetrators of the crime are Albanians.
In its reporting, the OQS did not provide evidence that would support the claims about the ethnicity or ethnic motive of the incident.
The ZQS announcement was also published by Official website of the Government of Serbia, and portals in Serbian like "rts.rs","novosti.rs"and "kosovo-online.com".
Excerpt from the OQS report, translated into Albanian:
In Kosovo Polje, the house of pensioners Jordan and Slobodanka Ristic, one of the few remaining Serb families living in the town, was broken into today. This is a new ethnically motivated incident by Albanians, while hardly a day goes by without a new attack on Serbs, especially south of the Ibar River.
Despite the pressure, the Ristić family did not leave Fushë Kosova nor did they sell their property, but stayed to live here surrounded by Albanians.
When they returned to their home today from visiting their daughter, they found the apartment ransacked and overturned, with household items, including the television, taken, and even the faucets pulled out of the wall.
The fact that such attacks remain unsolved and unpunished only fuels new incidents and extremists, showing that there is no real intention on the part of Pristina to build a sustainable coexistence.
Although this report does not state whether the case was reported to the police, hibrid.info has checked the 24-hour report of the Kosovo Police to verify whether the incident was officially reported.
However, in the report published on May 6, which includes the events of May 5 (the day the case was reported by the ZKQS), no such case appears. (see photo below).
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It was reported that the home of a Serbian family in Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje was broken into, claiming without evidence that the perpetrators were Albanians and that the case had an ethnic motive.
After verifying the facts, it was determined that no evidence was provided for these claims in the report, while the case does not even appear in the 24-hour report of the Kosovo Police for the date when the incident was reported.
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